1885 Liberty Head Nickel. MS-67 (PCGS).

Breathtakingly beautiful and conditionally rare Superb Gem quality for this leading rarity in the circulation strike Liberty Head nickel series. Highly lustrous satin to softly frosted surfaces are dusted with pretty champagne-gold iridescence. Sharply to fully struck throughout, and expectably smooth for the assigned grade. The 1885 is a low mintage issue with just 1,472,700 circulation strikes produced. Since contemporary numismatists largely ignored these coins in favor of their Proof counterparts, virtually the entire mintage slipped quietly into circulation, where most were worn out and eventually lost. Today the 1885 is scarce in circulated grades and rare even at the lower reaches of Mint State preservation. As a PCGS-certified MS-67, the coin offered here numbers among the very finest certified, and it is sure to sell for a strong bid.

PCGS# 3846. NGC ID: 2773.